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Site name Weymouth 20, Nottington Barrow
Site number 759
Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4123 4143 4152 4160 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a probably primary cremation accompanied by fragments of a bronze dagger probably in a sheath when found. Beneath the cremation and separated from it by a thin layer of clay were the remains of a funeral pyre; above the cremation was a large mass of carbonised wood.
Remains/Period Y4
County Dorset
Region S
National grid square SY
X coordinate 668
Y coordinate 824
Bibliographic source Grinsell 1959


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